Ten thousand afternoons ago All my happiness just overflowed That was life at first and goal to go Me and you and us and them And all those people way back when All our hardships were just yardsticks then, you know You know

American Vandal in Brooklyn with @mckenziewark.bsky.social

Today, we mourn the passing of David Rosner, PhD, Professor Emeritus of Sociomedical Sciences and History. He authored acclaimed books, including BUILDING THE WORLDS THAT KILL US which received the 2025 Columbia University Press Distinguished Book Award.

"Etem reminds us of a simple truth: diplomacy doesn’t just speak, listen, or advocate; it screens, circulates, and settles into how people see the world."—Nancy Snow, USC Center of Public Diplomacy Blog. buff.ly/ZPWnzVQ #BookReview #FilmStudies

My book, Dogs Save, is now out with @columbiaup.bsky.social! This book is for people who both love dogs and also want to understand them on their own terms. It’s also for scholars who haven’t thought about the central role religion plays in the stories people in the US tell about dogs.

Film Diplomacy goes to Italy! 🇮🇹 I will be giving a talk at the University of Bologna. Join me on Thursday to learn more! #filmdiplomacy #newbook #italy #diplomacy @columbiaup.bsky.social

muse.jhu.edu/article/990451 First and last pages of @marthashearer.bsky.social's really sharp and generous review of The Cinema of Extractions (@columbiaup.bsky.social) in the latest JCMS issue @jcmsjournal.bsky.social

"[I]t's maybe the most important time ... to be publishing accessible, general interest books about science.”--Miranda Martin My amazing @columbiaup.bsky.social colleague, Miranda Martin, has just launched a great new series, What Science Says. www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Kicking off with an examination of astrology, What Science Says hopes to draw in readers open to reevaluating their beliefs about vaccines, ghosts, and more, without compromising a strict definition of what good science is, the series editors say.

Just wanted to reup this; this is a great book on an important topic & it anticipates 2 terrific forthcoming 2026 books f/ @aarthivadde.bsky.social (We the Platform, Columbia UP) + @sarahbrouillette.bsky.social (Content Machines, Duke UP) on digital platforms + reading + writing that I'm excited for

The Local News Research Hub formally launches on Thursday. The new database will make academic research on local news searchable for policymakers, funders, and working journalists. www.niemanlab.org/2026/05/here...

Ainehi Edoro, author of FOREST IMAGINARIES: HOW AFRICAN NOVELS THINK, will be a keynote speaker at the African Literature Association annual meeting next week. tinyurl.com/37634753 @brittlepaper.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Joyce Johnson writes about how the Jack Kerouac she knew came undone after the publication of “On The Road,” and the traces he left in her life. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/nN1HvO

for the last 40 years— since the premiere of "the color purple" and as recently as "is god is" (2026)— black women's cinematic image has been haunted by the idea that our films 'further divide Black women and men'. for my newsletter, i write about black women's cinematic right to revenge.

Next Wednesday (5/27), A. J. Bauer will be discussing his best-selling new book, MAKING THE LIBERAL MEDIA: HOW CONSERVATIVES BUILT A MOVEMENT AGAINST THE PRESS at @mediacomgold.bsky.social at 5 pm. tinyurl.com/2hc53sks @ajbauer.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

"Nechushtai’s provocative argument is a call to action." -- Nik Usher Congratulations to Efrat Nechushtai on the official publication date of her new book, DOES TRUST MATTER?: WHY JOURNALISTS NEED TO RETHINK THE RELATIONSHIP WITH THEIR AUDIENCE. bit.ly/48FrAfj @columbiaup.bsky.social

Just out—this interview with me about my hopes for digital pedagogy: www.buzzsprout.com/1073776/epis...

Katherine Mershon, author of DOGS SAVE, examines how stories about dogs are much about ourselves in this interview with Marc Bekoff in Psychology Today. @psychologytoday.com buff.ly/qihpyRl #AnimalStudies

We are pleased to announce that Jarvis McInnis's AFTERLIVES OF THE PLANTATION is the winner of the 2026 ASALH Book Prize from The Association for the Study of African American Life and History. buff.ly/OGAtQGO @asalh-bhm.bsky.social

In this Off the Page episode, host Stephen Pimpare and author Terry Williams discuss LIFE UNDERGROUND. This book explores this society below the surface and the varieties of experience among unhoused people. buff.ly/KeuWG1t #ListenUP #NewYork #Sociology @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

Excited to share that first podcast interview with New Books Network is now live. @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social I spoke with host Ailin Zhou about my new book Film Diplomacy ( @columbiaup.bsky.social) Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/film-diplomacy #FilmDiplomacy #newbook #history

For the Boston Review, I wrote about Somaliland and Israel, the consequences of imagining political freedom as a struggle for national sovereignty, and what growing up in and alongside Somaliland had meant for my political education.

Now available! Rewriting the history of one of the past century’s most popular genres, this ambitious book reveals how the rise of mass incarceration transformed American crime fiction—and how crime fiction became a key battleground in the War on Crime. buff.ly/i6JYlcC #AmericanLiterature

Our latest episode is out ft. Justin Leroy on racial capitalism, Black economic thought, and abolition democracy. Check it out! 🎙️ @columbiaup.bsky.social traffic.libsyn.com/whomakescent...

Al Filreis, author of THE CLASSROOM & THE CROWD, makes a case that progressive digital pedagogy is not a contradiction in terms. Listen to his interview with Trevor Aleo on Becoming Literary. @afilreis.bsky.social @mraleosays.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social open.substack.com/pub/trevoral...

Excited to share my dialogue with @afilreis.bsky.social about his phenomenal book & the ModPo course that inspired it. It’s a perfect follow up to my musings about how humanities Ts/scholars might take up digital tools while resisting EdTech™️! #literacies #edusky open.substack.com/pub/trevoral...

"FILM DIPLOMACY invites us to expand our analytical lens. It challenges us to look beyond messages and narratives to the systems that produce and circulate them...." Julide Etem's new book is reviewed on the CPD blog. @julideetem.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Watch Ainehi Edoro's excellent interview about her new book, FOREST IMAGINARIES: HOW AFRICAN NOVELS THINK with Radical Books Collective. tinyurl.com/5cnr4u6p @radicalbooks.bsky.social @brittlepaper.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

A recent wave of coverage has drawn attention to settler violence—and forced the Israeli government to talk about it, by Amos Barshad. www.cjr.org/feature/the-...

Students in my "book theory" and my "literacy stories" classes have in the past got quite excited (not all of them approvingly) about Jessica Pressman's Bookishness: Loving Books in a Digital Age. Sparks LOTS of discussion!

TBH it was written for an audience of one. But all are invited to read. ^_^ Thanks to John Plotz for inviting me to contribute and then for *trusting me* to pull off this silly but very earnest idea.

“Loving Boynton and being a completist go well together, because it doesn’t take very long to go through it all.” New at PB: In the latest B-Sides, Christopher T. Fan (@chrisfan.bsky.social) revisits Sandra Boynton.

New at PB: In an open letter to T magazine, our editors discuss our series B-Sides, which we’ve published since 2016, and T Magazine’s recent “The Great Literary B-Sides.”

Congratulations to Rob King on receiving The Mark Van Doren Award for Teaching from @columbiauniversity.bsky.social . King is also the author of the recently published MAN OF TASTE: THE EROTIC CINEMA OF RADLEY METZGER tinyurl.com/47uer9u4 @columbiaup.bsky.social.

On the 93rd anniversary of the Nazi book burnings, we ask: why does this image still matter? Thomas Doherty shows how 1933 newsreel footage became embedded in public memory, turning a staged spectacle into a lasting symbol of censorship and propaganda. buff.ly/iZJmBaO #PublicMemory #FilmHistory

Someone at the book launch asked if writing Film Diplomacy ( @columbiaup.bsky.social) was “a piece of cake.” After years of research, I can confidently say: no 😅 But celebrating it with a cake version of the cover? Excellent. Possibly the first time my book has been called “delicious.” 🍰🎬📘

"[A] brilliant work of criticism, an imaginative and original intervention into the twinned fields of poetics and translation studies." An excellent review of Jennifer Scappettone's POETRY AFTER BARBARISM in @nplusonemag.com. tinyurl.com/42z46kfa @xenoglossic.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

Breaking NEWS!! Federal judge rules DOGE illegally terminated NEH grants last year in a summary judgment in favor of plaintiffs AHA, ACLA, and MLA, and orders the restoration of 1400 terminated grants

Yay! I'm over the moon that Dictating Reality has been shortlisted for the The International Journal of Press/Politics Hazel Gaudet-Erskine Best Book Award 2026, sponsored by SAGE, alongside five other tremendous books. Thank you!

Read this excellent article on Eric Walrond in @us.theguardian.com (bit.ly/4w5cB8i) and then read James Davis's extraordinary biography, ERIC WALROND: A LIFE IN THE HARLEM RENAISSANCE & THE TRANSATLANTIC CARIBBEAN. tinyurl.com/48hx9zvu @columbiaup.bsky.social

Reactionary Americans' constant obsession about "liberal media bias" has completely warped their ability to understand reality. But this idea has also distorted the mainstream media, & even the broader left. @ajbauer.bsky.social & I discussed his new book about the origins of this pernicious myth

Everyone should read this magisterial book by @kristingrogan.bsky.social!

Congratulations to Jülide Etem on the official publication date of her book, FILM DIPLOMACY: A MEDIA HISTORY OF TURKEY-US RELATIONS. Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20% bit.ly/3PaRGj2 @julideetem.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

"Unionizing is passion protection. Because we’re really looking for a way to ensure that folks can sustain and have longevity in their jobs." Read @mbwwelch.bsky.social's interview w/ Maria Diaz, Andy Wang, and Darcy Glastonbury of the Hachette Workers Coalition. chireviewofbooks.com/2026/05/04/o...

Coming this Fall!: THE PEOPLE'S PAPER: THE RISE & FALL OF THE NEW YORK DAILY NEWS, by Matthew Pressman. bit.ly/3OJPvn7 @columbiaup.bsky.social

lovely to be read so well, thank you @johnattridge.bsky.social !!

“How we live is so different from how we ought to live that he who studies what ought to be done rather than what is done will learn the way to his downfall rather than to his preservation.” – Niccolò Machiavelli, b. May 3, 1469 #books #history #machiavelli @columbiaup.bsky.social

"[A] book for any reader who fears that loss is untranslatable and who yearns to find an authentic voice for grief.” —Jehanne Dubrow Coming this summer: LETTING GRIEF SPEAK: WRITING PORTALS AFTER LOSS, by Diane Zinna. bit.ly/4tiEPd8 @dianezinna.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social

My review of the book "HOW FILM BECAME HISTORY" by Thomas Doherty is up at Cinema Retro : www.cinemaretro.com/index.php/ar...

"This highly original and essential book challenges the conventional wisdom that restoring public trust should be journalism’s top priority."--Rodney Benson Now available: DOES TRUST MATTER, by Efrat Nechushtai. Use the coupon code CUP20 and save 20%. bit.ly/48FrAfj @columbiaup.bsky.social